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3. B. latifolia, Cav. Ic. t. 405. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 513. — foliorum lobis obtu- 
sioribus, 
Hab. /3. San Bias and Tepic. 
Ord. XV. COMBRETACE.®. Br. 
1. Combretum farinosum; scandens, foliis oppositis obovato-oblongis obtusis utrinque 
prassertim subtus farinoso-lepidotis, spicis terminalibus (lateralibusque) geminis, floribus 
subsecundis octandris aurantiacis, fructibus oblongo-pyriformibus tetrapteris. H.B.K. 
Nov. Gen. 6. p. 110. De Cand. Prodr. Q.p. 19. Schlecht. in Linncea, b.p. 558. Hook, et 
Arn. supra, p. 290. 
Hab. Realejo. This seems to have a wide range along the coast of the Pacific, from Acapulco to Realejo. — 
We think we are right in referring this plant to C. farinosum, but there are some points of difference which 
we observe in our specimens, which are in much finer condition in the present Mexican collection than in the 
previous one. It is a very splendid species ; the stems and branches long and very woody. Petiole three 
quarters of an inch long. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptical rather than obovate, moderately acute at each 
extremity, between membranaceous and coriaceous, quite entire, indistinctly squamuloso-farinose above, 
decidedly so beneath, though not very evident to the naked eye : seen under the magnifier the little scales or 
farina appear white and round. Racemes as frequently lateral as terminal, 4-6 inches and more long, the 
rachis firm and woody. Peduncle short. Flowers very numerous, crow'ded, deflexed and pointing to one 
side. Pedicel (or rather pedicelliform ovary) the third of an inch long, tetragonal, mealy ; free portion of the 
calyx cup-shaped, tapering at the base, mealy, 4-lobed, lobes acute. Petals 4, alternating with the lobes of the 
calyx, and situated at. the hairy mouth of the calyx, very minute, squamiform. Stamens 8, much protruded, 
four times as long as the calyx. Filaments deep crimson, arising from the mouth of the calyx. Anthers 
orange-colour, oval-oblong. Capsules about three quarters of an inch long, roundish-rhomboidal, with 4 
broad, membranaceous wings : the surface is almost destitute of the mealiness which clothed the ovary. 
Schiede says the Combretum farinosum is called “ Peyna,” signifying a comb, by the Spaniards of Acto- 
pan, probably because of the closely placed one-sided flowers of the raceme. 
Ord. XVI. ONAGRARIE^. Juss. 
1. Jussieua peploides; fruticulosa glabra, foliis spathulato-oblongis obtusis crassiusculis, 
floribus decandris, pedunculo nudo, laciniis calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis, capsulis 
linearibus. H.B.K. Nov. Gen. Am. 6. p. 97. De Cand. Prodr. 3. p. 53. Hook, et Arn. 
supra, p. 291. 
Hab. Between San Bias and Tepic. — Although we believe this to be'the J. peploides, H.B.K., we are yet 
of opinion that it is also the J. Swartziana, DC. and the J. repens, Linn. ; which latter, though considered 
by De Candolle to be exclusively a native of the East Indies and adjacent islands, yet w'e possess specimens 
from Chile which can in no way be distinguished from it. 
2. J. hirta {Vahl.); frutescens erecta hirsuta, foliis brevissime petiolatis lanceolatis 
